birding-aus

birding-aus Yellow white-eyes on the east coast

To: <>
Subject: birding-aus Yellow white-eyes on the east coast
From: "Ken Cross" <>
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 08:18:03 +1100
good morning etc,
 
An interesting siting from Townsville district [I'd better put in that Townsville is in Queensland - north Queensland to be more specific]. Yellow White-eyes were recorded in mangroves near the mouth of Berratta [check spelling] Creek. The creek is between the towns of Ayr and Giru [both in Queensland].
 
 The species was seen twice- once in a small flock of four  quite near the river mouth and again about six kilometres away up stream again in mangroves.
 
The field guides all identify this isolated colony on the east coast of Australia but the birds are rarely observed possibly because of comparative difficulty of access. Anyway it might be nice to know that one doesn't need to go all the way to Karumba [also in QLD] to have a chance to see this species if you have access to a boat!
 
regards,
Ken Cross
 
PS - a Pied Heron was also seen at the same site - a not too common species for this area.
<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
  • birding-aus Yellow white-eyes on the east coast, Ken Cross <=
Admin

The University of NSW School of Computer and Engineering takes no responsibility for the contents of this archive. It is purely a compilation of material sent by many people to the birding-aus mailing list. It has not been checked for accuracy nor its content verified in any way. If you wish to get material removed from the archive or have other queries about the archive e-mail Andrew Taylor at this address: andrewt@cse.unsw.EDU.AU